ILLICIT. What is unlawful what is forbidden by the law. Vide Unlawful.
2. This word is frequently used in policies of insurance, where the
assured warrants against illicit trade. By illicit trade is understood that
"which is made unlawful by the laws of the country to which the object is
bound." The assured having entered into this warranty, is required to do no
act which will expose the vessel to be legally condemned. 2 L. R. 337, 338.
Vide Insurance; Trade; Warranty.

The Speaker expressed that according to the recent UNODC statistics, the illicit cultivation of narcotics plants has gone up in difficult regions and globally; Illicit drug markets are expanding and production and manufacturing of drugs remains high and demand for illicit drugs persists.

In September 2013, anti-narcotics authorities in Sudan rang the alarm bell over what an official described as the "insane" increases in the domestic rate of illicit drugs intake especially among young segments of the population.

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